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What Happens to a Machine’s Performance at High Altitude? Take the same excavator, wheel loader, dozer, or haul truck from sea level and operate it sever...
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Why Don’t They Put All the Locomotives at the Front of the Train? If you have ever watched a massive freight train roll by, you may have noticed somethin...
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What Does a Safety Professional Do on a Heavy Equipment Jobsite? Walk onto a heavy equipment jobsite and you’ll see operators moving dirt, trucks hauling...
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Who Finished the Job First? Four operators are working on different parts of the same construction site. Each has a different machine and a different assignmen...
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How Are Stump Grinders Made? Stump grinders are built to turn stubborn tree stumps into wood chips and sawdust. The attachment combines a heavy-duty steel fram...
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The Most Common Heavy Equipment Operator Mistakes Operating heavy equipment is a skilled job that requires experience, attention to detail, good judgment, and...
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Equipment That Keeps Antarctica Running: The Machines That Power Life at the Bottom of the World When most people think of Antarctica, they picture endless sno...
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Your First Incident as a Safety Professional: What Do I Do? Being the person from Safety who gets sent to an incident scene for the first time can be intimidat...
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Heavy Equipment Cabs: Then and Now For much of heavy equipment’s history, the operator’s station was a relatively simple place to control the machi...
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How Are Heavy Equipment LED Work Lights Made? Heavy equipment often works in conditions where natural light is limited. Early mornings, night shifts, tunnels,...
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